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Our
tasters were game for the challenge: Could you
figure out where a whisky came from with out seeing
the label? On Tuesday April 16, 2002 they
swirled, sniffed, and sipped eight of Scotland's
finest: two Lowlands, Auchentoshan 10 yr.
and Glenkinchie 10 yr.; two Islands,
Lagavulan 1984 and Talisker 10 yr.;
two Speysides, Glenlivet 12 yr. French oak
finish and Macallan 12 yr.; as well as
two Highlands Dalwhinnie 15 yr. and Oban
14 yr. Hard
work and animated discussions culminated in
studiously completed score sheets. From these we
were able to determine that even the casual whisky
afficianado needs more than their palate to enjoy a
good dram. They need to see the label. The
most accomplished taster on this evening was
Gavin Rowatt who was able to identify six of
the malts by region including one by name. The
nearest runner up was Simon Argent who got
three by region including two by name. The rest...
well they had a good time trying. Oh,
by the way, the Talisker finished on top followed
by the Macallan and Lagavulin - all popular whiskys
around C'est What. So, while the tasters may not
have known what they were tasting, they did know
what they like. median scores Talisker
10 yr. Macallan
12 yr. Lagavulin
1984 Auchentoshan Glenlivet
12 yr. Glenkinchie
10 yr. Oban
14 yr. Dalwhinnie
15 yr. Uisge
beatha or usquebaugh are two different spellings of
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This, to English speaking people, sounded like
"uishgi" and over time was corrupted to "whisky."